Golf or caddie bag



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' D. HHBBERT GOLF 0R CADDIE BAG Filed Aug. 29. 1922 2 sheets-sheet 1 March 25, A1924,

D. HIBBERT GOLF OR CADDIE BAG Filed Aufl. 29.. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 iNvENmR;

Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

I UNITED STA Tas PATENT OFFICE.

IDA'VD BIBBERT, OF FARNWORTH, NEAR BOLTON, ENGLAND.

GOLF on CADDIE BAG.

l l Applicationmea august 29, 1922. seria; No. 585,062.

To all whom t may concewt:

Be it known that I, vDAVID lslnmnR'r,V a British subject, residing at Farnworth, near Bolton, county -of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Golf or Caddie aBags, ofwhich v the following is a speciiication.

y This invention relates to golf bags'or caddie bags for holding golf clubs during play, and is designed to keep the` golf bag y in an upright position on the ground while I showing spikes .the

ed, the shutter e being closed:

the player is engaged over a stroke.

According to theinvention the golf ba is provided with two or more stili or uprights or stays secured to the top rim of the bag and passing through the bottom ofv the bag to form spikes to enter the ground, the bag being capable of contract- I mg around the bottom as the spikes are pushed into the ground and expanding again underl the weight of the clubs when.

withdrawn from the ground, retracting the spikes within the bottom of the bag; and the invention .further comprises protectors or rotary protector plates fitted to the bottom of the ba to close the apertures and preyent the spi es protruding when not de.- sire Y The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

.Fig. 1 is 'asectional,- elevation of golf bottom showing two of the ferrule or sleeve Cand protector E;

-Fig. 7 i is a plan of protector E- with shutter e open. Fig. 8 is a shutter e closed.

,Fi Sis a sectional elevation throu h errule or sleeve C 4and protector showing the upright D and spike d retractplan of protector E with Fig. 10 is a sectional elevation through the ferrule pr sleeve C and., rotector E showing the upright .D and` splke d forced outwards the shutter e being open.

The golf bag A is of ordinary or known construction of leather or 'canvas with a leather protecting base B andy a metal or other stiff 'ring a around the top.

To the bag A 'two or more-stays or uprights D are tted 'being secured at their upper ends tothe ring a and at theirdower ends passing through holes b in the base B. The stays or uprights D are formed with sharp points or spikes d at their lower ends capable of being forced into soft earth. Each hole b is fitted with a ferrule or short sleeve C of metal, leather or the like, not exceeding 2% inches in length, projecting into the interior of the bag and secured thereto by a nut c or otherwise, through which the spike al may project. The ferrule or sleeve C protects the spike when it is retracted.

To the bottom of the ferrule or sleeve C a protectorL E' is fitted com rising a base e with a rotary shutter e tted thereto and capable of swivelling on a -pin or rivet ez by which it is secured' in position. The shutter e is provided with av hole es which when open registers with the aperture of .the sleeve C and is held in position either open or closed by a ball F entering a notch and vheld by a spring f. A stop f in a slot inthe base e limits the movement of the shutter in either direction.

'When the bag is in use the shuttene of the protector E is open, the bottom of the bag A is laid upon the ground,and the ring a at the top, and the uprights D forced downwards causing the lbag to contract or crumple up towards the bottom and the spikes d to enter the ground as shown in Figs. 2 and 10. s The bag is thus held in an upright position at a convenient height for l the user or player. When lifted say by the handle a the bag straightens again-andexpands under the normal weight and pressure of the clubs, and the spikes d 'are retracted within the ferrules C.

When not in use the points of the spikes d are prevented from protrudin beyond the bottom B of the bag A, and t eferrules C A by the shutters e being closed as' shown in Fig. 9.

What

I claim as my invention and desire to rotect by Letters Patent is:

n a gol bag the combination'with the f bag of a plurality of stili rigid uprightssecured to the top of the bag and passmg dow'n through the bottom to form spikes to enter the ground, ferrules in the bottom of the bag to sheath the spike at the end of the uprghfs when retracteQ, the lo capable of contracting around-the4 ottom as thel spikes are pushed into the ground an te each frrule, means for securing th the Weight of the expandmgagain under from the ground,1

clubs when withdrawn retreating the spikes within the ferrules,v a' my base axed .wltnessea l stationary laterally projecting fer- rule and its base to the bag, a rotary shutter rvded with an aperture pivoted 'to tle. as@ of the errule to close the'errule, a ball stop .and sprung to c'ontrol ig; v loe-A laeing 'tween the errule auql'hufter the r ma@ y rovided with" indentatious ftjo receive the all to. retai't in the closed or in the open 15 l position so required.

ln test'imony whereof' I have lhereuntd7 set hand in presence of -twu subs'cribing www HEBERT.

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